Dr, Dorian Hanaor

Understanding the interactions of water with ceria surfaces

• Applied Surface Science
• June 2019

• This article is about understanding the hydrophobicity of CeO2. As a rare earth oxide, the intrinsic hydrophobicity exhibited by CeO2 is of importance towards its functionality as a catalyst.

3D printed polymer derived ceramics

• Additive Manufacturing
• May 2019

• The ability to print ceramics is immensely valuable. In this landmark work, the esteemed Dr. X. Wang and his associates explore the use of preceramic polymers as a route towards additively manufact...

Multiscale modeling of the effective elastic properties of fluid-filled porous materials

• International Journal of Solids and Structures
• May 2019

Tailoring porous media for controllable capillary flow

• Journal of Colloid and Interface Science
• March 2019

Transition metal disilicides as resilient heat shield materials

• Corrosion Science
• January 2019

• The composition and processing of disilicides is of vital importance in the fabrication of novel heat shields for reusable space vehicles. Here the emissivitty of WSi2 and MoSi2 are studied for us...

How does doping with strontium improve the performance of hydroxyapatite biomaterials?

• Journal of the European Ceramic Society
• December 2018

• In this work high resolution TEM is applied to acquire visual evidence for dissolution mechanisms in Hydroxyapatite, an important bioceramic. The role of grain boundary dissolution and crystal stru...

Universality of the emergent scaling in finite random binary percolation networks

• PLoS ONE
• February 2017

Mechanical properties in crumple-formed paper derived materials subjected to compression

• Heliyon
• June 2017

The effects of copper doping on photocatalytic activity at (101) planes of anatase TiO2...

• Applied Surface Science
• November 2016

Modeling the formation of SiO2 layers on silicon

• Theoretical and Applied Mechanics Letters
• September 2016

• This study presents a study into the formation of oxide layers on silicon nanowires. A secondary investigation demonstrating the application of this model onto tungsten nanowires is also presented....

Universal dielectric response understood in granular systems

• Extreme Mechanics Letters
• July 2018

• The dielectric responses of granular systems under varied compressive loadings consistently exhibit a transition from a resistive plateau at low frequencies to a state of nearly constant loss at hi...

Controlling the movement of fluid in paper based microfluidics and other porous systems

• International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer
• August 2018

• This work presents new methods to control the flow of fluids through porous media. In particular this is of significance in paper based microfluidic devices where the residence time of an analyte o...

Compressive performance and crack propagation in Al alloy/Ti2AlC composites

• Materials Science and Engineering A
• August 2016

3D printable geomaterials

• Géotechnique
• April 2016

An improved semi-analytical solution for stress at round-tip notches

• Engineering Fracture Mechanics
• November 2015

Exploring new ways to make lithium ceramics for breeder materials

• Journal of Nuclear Materials
• January 2015

• In this work we explore the phase mixtures that can be obtained in the system of lithium ceramics involving lithium metatitanate and lithium orthosilicate. The phases obtained are relevant for fusi...

Understanding the mechanics of tritium breeding pebble beds

• Fusion Science & Technology
• August 2014

• Due to neutron irradiation, solid breeder blankets are subjected to complex thermo-mechanical conditions. Within one breeder unit, the ceramic breeder bed is composed of spherical-shaped lithium or...

Large Rutile grains form in polycrystalline TiO2

• Journal of Crystal Growth
• November 2012

• Abnormal grain growth (AGG) was observed in rutile TiO2 formed by the thermal treatment of anatase TiO2 in the presence of zirconium silicate. This morphological behaviour was seen to occur in sint...

The role of chelation polymerisation based approach to cation immobilisation

• Inorganic Chemistry
• June 2018

• In this work we studied the use of chelatioin-polymerisation based sol-gel synthesis and compared this to a conventional sol-gel method. The Pechini method, as it is commonly known, imparts homogen...

Theoretical study on copper's energetics and magnetism in TiO₂ polymorphs

• Journal of Applied Physics
• June 2013

Stress-Dependent Electrical Contact Resistance at Fractal Rough Surfaces

• Journal of Engineering Mechanics
• May 2015

Contact mechanics of fractal surfaces by spline assisted discretisation

• International Journal of Solids and Structures
• May 2015

Scalable Surface Area Characterization by Electrokinetic Analysis of Complex Anion Adso...

• Langmuir
• December 2014

Dynamics of Viscous Entrapped Saturated Zones in Partially Wetted Porous Media

• Transport in Porous Media
• July 2018

Dynamic contact angle hysteresis in liquid bridges

• Colloids and Surfaces A Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects
• October 2018

Contact stiffness of multiscale surfaces by truncation analysis

• International Journal of Mechanical Sciences
• October 2017

Evaporation Limited Radial Capillary Penetration in Porous Media

• Langmuir
• September 2016

Interfacial electro-mechanical behaviour at rough surfaces

• Extreme Mechanics Letters
• March 2016

Static friction at fractal interfaces

• Tribology International
• January 2016

The Role of Surface Structure in Normal Contact Stiffness

• Experimental Mechanics
• October 2015